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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-12 / C-40 Electra Junior
    Latest Model:L-12A Electra Junior
    Last Military Serial:38-545 USAAC
    Construction Number:1262
    Last Civil Registration:VH-HID
    Compressed ID:Lockheed L-12A sn 38-545 USAAC cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Robert Jan Borrius Broek, Wanaka, Otago

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    Dates

    Event

    1937

    Constructed as a L-12A.

    29 March 1939

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Corps with s/n 38-545.

    To Pure Oil Co of Chicago with new c/r N48471.

    To Pure Oil Co of Chicago with new c/r N37P.

    To unknown owner with c/r N299A.

    To A. D. Rhoades, Galveston, TX with new c/r N712FM.

    To Keystone Builders Supply, Oklahoma City keeping c/r N712FM.

    By January 1967

    To Larry Gulliher, Oklahoma City keeping c/r N712FM.

    To Mustang Enterprises, Houston, TX keeping c/r N712FM.

    July 1969

    To Aircraft and Engine Enterprises, Moore, OK keeping c/r N712FM.

    To William J. Haynes, Oklahoma City keeping c/r N712FM.

    8 July 1974

    To Douglas Hamilton, Whorouly, VIC with new c/r VH-HID.

    By 1977

    To Sold to Donald R. Eyre, Sandy, OR keeping c/r N712FM.

    20 February 1981

    To Eyre Donald Ray, Moses Lake, WA keeping c/r N712FM.

    By 1982

    To Ray Piggott of Mareeba, QLD, Australia keeping c/r N712FM.

    June 1982

    Aircraft arrived at Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

    The aircraft was based at Mareeba and used occasionally for parachuting, retaining its American registration. As a visiting foreign registered aircraft, N712FM had to be exported and imported annually. To satisfy this requirement, the aeroplane was flown to Port Moresby and back to Mareeba.

    October 1983

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at Mareeba, Queensland.

    1984


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Geoff Goodalls 1984 photo taken at Mareeba, Queensland, Australia

    17 July 1987

    Civil registration, N712FM, cancelled.

    16 September 1987

    To J. J. Rundell of Greenwood, WA with new c/r VR-HID.

    16 September 1987

    To Douglas Stuart Hamilton, Whorouly, VIC with new c/r VH-HID.

    26 October 1987

    Ferry flight.
    Ferried Mareeba - Alice Springs - Perth Jandakot.

    2 February 1989

    To Australian Aircraft Sales Pty Ltd, Mascot, NSW. (John Conley) keeping c/r VR-HID.

    30 December 1997

    To International Jetairline Sales Pty Ltd, Mascot, NSW keeping c/r VR-HID.

    19 December 2001

    To Australian Aircraft Sales (NSW) Pty Ltd, Sydney Airport, NSW keeping c/r VR-HID.

    24 June 2006

    To Australian Aircraft Sales (NSW) Pty Ltd, Mascot, NSW with new c/r VH-HID.

    9 August 2007

    To Douglas Stuart Hamilton, Whorouly, VIC keeping c/r VH-HID.

    29 March 2014


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Temora, NSW during the 40th Anniversay Fly-In of the Australian Antique Aircraft Association

    29 March 2014


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Temora, NSW during the 40th Anniversay Fly-In of the Australian Antique Aircraft Association

    7 July 2023

    To Robert Jan Borrius Broek, Wanaka, Otago keeping c/r VH-HID.


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    Australian Government, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    The Lockheed File, Lockheed Aircraft in Australia

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    Terry Fletcher

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